Sexual differentiation: From genes to gender

Hormone Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 245-251

  Migeon, Claude J ^a,c   Wisniewski, Amy B ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Genitalia; Gonads; Internal ducts; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD; HUMAN; MALE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0032420177     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023285     Document Type: Review

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